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Chapter 4: Awakening of a Fighting Dreamer
Sasuke and the others arrive at a mountainous wasteland, the next two days. The sun had just risen over the horizon leaving a red and yellow color in the sky. The brown-red dirt covered the mountains and there were tiny harmless tornadoes everywhere. The temperature dropped the higher the mountain. Sasuke and friends walked a mountain path up and around several mountains to a jagged canyon. It was terrific to look at from afar but fearsome up close. No body wanted to fall off this thing. This narrow path limited them room, a slip here and its game over as Kiba would put it. Finally they reached the end of the path to a plateau filled with random spots of grass and dust storms. They looked across the flat surface and found nothing.
Kiba sniffed the air for Naruto's scent, but dirt got into his nose. Kiba had a sneezing fit. "I can't sniff him out anymore. The dust storm scatters the scent, so I can't get a fix on him." Kiba rubbed his nose.
Neji and Hinata put up a hand sign. "Byakugan!" Their eyes enlarged as the veins on both sides of their temple bulged. Hinata and Neji scanned the surface as their vision zoomed in and out searching every nook and cranny. Then Neji spotted something. "There! Far East! Its a cave!" Everyone ran across the flatlands until they reached the cave opening.
A eerie voice emitted from the cave as three dark figures stood in front of it in the blowing dust and sand.
One opened his eyes revealing the Sharingan. "So you followed us all the way here Sasuke. I must say I'm impressed."
Sasuke clenched his teeth in anger. "Itachi!"
Kisame pointed his giant sword at the gang and noticed Hinata. "Hey look who it is! That puny girl! I figured you were long gone by now, but you actually came along for the trip as well. Bad choice!" Kisame lunged at Hinata with his SharkSkin sword ripping through its wrappings.
Neji jumped in front of Hinata and spun around creating a large chakra shield. "Rotation!" The Sharkskin connected with it but slipped past it with ease. The sword cut Neji's cheek. Neji grabbed his cheek as he looked at Kisame's sword. It was nothing but scales and yet it cut through the Rotation like it was nothing. Neji stared at Kisame.
Kisame laughed. "Wondering how I did that kid? Well I am one of the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist, and with my sword the Sharkshin I can slice through chakra with complete ease. I can also soak up chakra and use it in my sword so your attacks are useless."
Neji got mad. Lee stepped forward. "What a surprise, but can you handle pure Taijutsu? That doesn't involve any chakra at all." Lee grinned as he held his hand straight outward.
Zetsu made a hand sign. "Earth Style: Earth Manipulation Jutsu!" Suddenly the ground started to rumble as spikes of rocks appeared. Everyone scattered from the spikes careful not to slip and meet a grim doom.
Kiba landed on a safe spot. "You ready Akamaru!" Akamaru shook his head. "Ok Hinata we are going to clear a path for you so get ready!" Kiba made a hand sign. "Beast Mimicry!" Kiba transforms into a more beastlike man and charged the spikes and spun. "Tunneling Fang!" Kiba ripped through the spikes crumbling through them straight to the cave. Hinata rode on Akamaru's back right behind Kiba. They reached the end and found Zetsu. Kiba plowed into Zetsu into the ground. Kiba held Zetsu down. Hinata jumped off of Akamaru. "Run Hinata! Go get Naruto!" Hinata shook her head and ran inside the cave. Zetsu formed with the earth and disappears as Kiba scratched at the ground looking for him. "Damn! Where did he go!"
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Sasuke ran around and looked for Itachi. "Itachi! Show yourself!" Sasuke looked around with the Sharingan activated.
"I'm right here Sasuke." Itachi said behind Sasuke. Sasuke turned around to attack but was greeted with a kunai to the stomach. Blood poured from the wound. "Foolish little brother. You are still too weak."
Sasuke smirked. "That's what you think!" Sasuke poofed into a log. Itachi was caught by surprise as he turned around to find Sasuke tackling him off the cliff. Both fell into the abyss.
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Kisame swung his sword at Lee and the others. They all dodged it as the sword hit the ground crumbling it. Shino held out his hands as bugs flew from inside his sleeves and flew at Kisame. Kisame swatted the bugs away. "Nice try!" Kisame charged Choji and swung his sword at him.
"Expansion Jutsu!" The sword bounced off of Choji, but Kisame spun and swung the sword on its flat side smacking Choji as he bounced away like a ball.
Shikamaru put his hands together. "Shadow-Possesion Jutsu!" A part of Shikamaru's shadow extended and latched onto Kisame's. Kisame couldn't move an inch. "The Shadow Possesion was a success!"
Kisame smirked. "I can't be beaten that easily." Kisame struggled against the Shadow-Possesion and raised his sword high and slammed it in the way of the shadow thus setting him free. Kisame ran and grabbed his sword and charged Shikamaru.
It seemed like Shikamaru was a goner until..."Leaf Hurricane!" Lee's kick connected with Kisame's face sending him flying and skidding on the ground. Lee stood into position with his hand out and his eyes shifted to Shikamaru. "Are you alright?" Shikamaru shook his head. "Good cause it ain't over yet!" Lee's eyes set themselves on Kisame who was getting back to his feet.
"Lucky shot!" Kisame wiped the blood from his cheek. Kisame charged again.
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Hinata ran and ran down the stairs until she heard beeping and saw colorful lights. "Byakugan!" Hinata looked ahead and saw a familiar body, It was Naruto and he was hooked to some kind of machine. Hinata ran to his side in and tried to break him free of the confines but it was pure steel and too hard for her to break. Naruto was unconscious and seemed to be in a comatose like state. Hinata feared the worse had happened. "Naruto! Wake up!" Naruto didn't respond. His body didn't move an inch. "Naruto please wake up!" Naruto didn't respond at all. Tears rolled down her face. "Oh Naruto-kun! You can't be dead." Hinata buried her face in Naruto's face and cried.
Naruto was deep in his memories to hear Hinata's cries. Deep in the recesses of his mind, Naruto was reliving the pain in his heart. Naruto was slowly going insane. He couldn't take it anymore. The pain was too great, he felt like giving up. Harsh words were heard all around him. "Loser! Freak! Monster! Stay away from me, you animal! No one likes you Naruto! Idiot! Why don't you go ahead and die already! We hate you!" Naruto grabbed his head and tried to block it all out, but they got louder and louder and more meaner. "Stop it! Just stop it! You win! I give! I give..." Naruto began to cry. His spirit was broken.
Suddenly the young Naruto appeared from the darkness. "So you give up huh? Perfect!" The young Naruto's eyes turned into the Sharingan and turned into Itachi. "Now you witness the power of the Tsukiyomi."
Naruto stood up and bowed his head. Itachi pull out a long katana. "Now this is the end." Naruto didn't move, he was willing to accept the end.
Suddenly out from the darkness, he heard crying. It was faint and yet he could still hear it. "Naruto" It said soft and sweet. Naruto looked around in the darkness but saw no one but him and an image of Itachi. "Who's there?" It started to rain. "Why is it raining?" Naruto felt the rain on his face. It was warm to the touch like tears. "Someone is crying, but where?" Itachi raised his katana and struck. Naruto pulled out a kunai and blocked Itachi's katana. "I'm not going anywhere!" Suddenly Naruto's body started to emit a bright light. Itachi covered his eyes as the light shone through the darkness.
Naruto slowly opened his eyes and looked down at something heavy on his chest. It was a purple haired girl crying getting his clothes wet from tears. "It's kinda hard to breath with you on my chest, Hinata."
Hinata's eyes shot open and looked at Naruto's smiling face. She hugged him tight. "Oh Naruto I thought I lost you!"
Naruto grinned. "Don't worry about me, they know they can't kill the guy who's going to be Hokage one day." Hinata smiled. "Thank you Hinata. If it wasn't for you. I really would've kicked the bucket."
Hinata look confused but happy none the less. "I'm not sure what it is what you are talking about Naruto-kun but I'm so happy you are ok. Now let's get you outta here." Hinata tried again to break the metal confines on Naruto's wrists and ankles, but to no avail. A dark figure appeared from behind her.
Naruto looked up and saw it. "Look out!" Hinata turned around to greeted with kunai to the chest. Naruto watched in horror of this event. "Hinata!"
Hinata fell to her knees, losing a ton of blood. The kunai hit her chest missing her heart by centimeters. The white-haired man chuckled. "Serves you right for messing with my prize." He shoved her away with his foot to add insult to injury.
Naruto growled as he clenched his fists. "You bastard! Im going to kill you!" Naruto struggled to break free.
The man smirked at Naruto's little performance. "Good luck trying to break free of that. Its reinforced steel and it has a little added bonus. He walked over to the computer console and pressed a button as it responded by the shackles sending volts of electricity through Naruto's body. Naruto's body fell limp as his head bowed. The man chuckled.
"Who...are you? Why are you doing this?" Naruto said in a weak voice.
"If you must know, the name is Daraku Rikashi and it is my dream to be the world's greatest shinobi." Daraku walked closer to Naruto. "But my body grew weak as my bodily system started to fail. I contracted a rare disease that affected my chakra system thus affecting my entire body. Doctors all throughout the shinobi nations said I was a lost hope. There was no cure for my disease. I was going to die in the next few years. My father kept me alive in this room you see with a form of technology he learned at a university and therefore made a temporary chakra absorption machine, but i needed bodies to survive. So he used our family to keep me alive so that I could achieve my dream one day. But we ran out of bodies and were running out of time before my inevitable death will arrive. Then my father was recruited by a band of rogue ninja named the Akatsuki. They wanted him to help them with their mission and my father agreed on the counts that the hosts of these demons will be used to help keep me alive. They were the perfect lab rats. Unlimited strength to keep them going and to keep me going. And then it turned out that someone over the past six years was stirring trouble and destroying the Akatsuki ranks. They were losing men all for one single kid, and that kid was you! The Nine-tailed fox!" Daraku grabbed Naruto by the head and held him up to this face. "You are the strongest of them all and by far my greatest tool. Madara was right about you."
Naruto opened his eyes. They had changed to the Fox's. "I'm not your tool! And you're going to pay for hurting Hinata!" Naruto started to become covered in red chakra as his fangs grew longer and his whiskers grew thicker. His nails grew long and sharp as Naruto started to grow more and more furious. Daraku ran and pressed the button again as volts of electricity coarsed through Naruto's body. Naruto fought back the pain and ripped the shackles from the wall and stood staring at Daraku with his fox eyes. Naruto look at Hinata's body. She was unconscious from the massive blood loss. Naruto looked at Daraku as his eyes glowed red. "I'm gonna kill you!" Naruto got on all fours as the red chakra started to form a red aura shaped like a fox with two tails. Naruto charged Daraku and plowed him into the wall.
Daraku laughed. "This is just perfect! I finally get to test my new abilities!" Daraku yelled out a battle cry as red chakra started to form the same thing as Naruto. His hair grew longer, his nails grew sharper, his fangs grew longer and dripped with drool and his eyes turned into the fox's as well. Daraku kicked Naruto off of him sending him flying into the wall. Naruto got back on all fours and noticed Daraku was gone. Naruto looked everywhere. Suddenly a giant claw appeared from behind Naruto and grabbed him and sent him through the ceiling outside. Daraku jumped through the hole after. Daraku and Naruto stood on all fours in a standoff, then charged each other.
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Elsewhere at the bottom of the canyon, Itachi and Sasuke clashed with their katanas. Both had battle scars on their bodies. The landscape had a face lift with craters galore.
"Itachi! This is the end for you!" Sasuke made a few hand signs. "Fire Style: Phoenix Flower Jutsu!" Mini fireballs flew everywhere as Itachi dodged them but one caught the bottom of his cloak and burned it. Itachi looked down to see if he was alright for a split second and Sasuke attacked out of nowhere. "Chidori! One Thousand Birds!" Sasuke's chidori ran through Itachi's chest hitting his right lung and pinned him to the wall. "Finally I got you! You murderous traitorous fuck!" Sasuke twisted his arm to add more pressure to Itachi's wound.
Itachi chuckled. "Well little brother it seems like you got me." Itachi coughed up blood. "But if you kill me now, you would be forgetting a little something I told you years ago." Itachi smirked. "Do you remember what I told you Sasuke?"
"How could I ever forget!" Sasuke went back to that day of the Uchiha's genocide. He and Itachi looked at each other in the street. Bodies littered everywhere. Itachi activated the Sharingan and looked at Sasuke. "Sasuke, go to the main hall of the Nankino Shrine, beneath the seventh tatami mat from the back wall on the right side is our clan's secret meeting place. Within it is the true purpose of our clan's eye techniques and its secrets are recorded there. If you awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan, then there will be three people, who can use it including myself. And if you do, only then by letting you live will have meant something."
Sasuke growled and added more pressure. "What does it mean! Three people! Who's the third guy! Is it Kakashi?"
Itachi laughed at that remark. "That simple-minded fool! No Sasuke I mean someone far more powerful than me. He taught me everything and he and I killed the entire clan together. My sensei."
Sasuke got angry. "Another traitor! Who is it!"
Suddenly a shadow loomed over Sasuke. "It is I..." Sasuke turned and his eyes grew wider at the figure. "It can't be..."
Madara...
